Biology

Mr. Mime is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon with a round, white body with a red spot in the middle. Its light pink arms and legs are connected to its body by red spheres. Its knees have small, white coverings. There are red pads on the tips of its white fingers, and its black feet curl upward at the tips. Blue growths extend from the sides of its pale pink head, and there are red circles on its cheeks.

From birth, this Pokémon is an excellent pantomime. As it matures, it gains the ability to solidify air molecules by vibrating its fingertips. This ability allows it to create invisible objects with its gestures. It punishes those who interrupt its act by slapping them. Mr. Mime is usually very rare, but can be found in suburban areas.

In the anime

Mr. Mime in the anime

Major appearances

Mr. Mime's first anime appearance was in It's Mr. Mime Time. Ash and his friends were looking for a Mr. Mime to replace another one that was supposed to perform in Stella's circus. Ash originally dressed as one to encourage the old Mr. Mime, soon confusing his mother when a wild Mr. Mime arrived at her house.

Other

Stella had her own, lazy Mr. Mime in It's Mr. Mime Time which had quit obeying her because she was too hard on it. It listened to her once more once it saw how she was willing to protect it from Team Rocket.

In Stage Fight!, a Mr. Mime was part of a showboat stage show along with other Pokémon.

Mr. Mime originally had four fingers on its hands. This was changed to five in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and every game since.

In the Hebrew dub of the anime, Mr. Mime was often confused for a Water-type Pokémon in Israel, as "Mayim" (water) is pronounced very similar to "Mime".

Origin

It appears that it is based on a combination between a clown and a mime - together with a popular pantomime, pretending to be trapped in invisible boxes.

Name origin

Mr. Mime is mime with an English male honorific. The assignment of a gendered title has no bearing of its equal male/female gender ratio, as it was named before the gender mechanic was introduced in the games.

Barrierd may be a combination of barrier (referring to the mime trait of 'being trapped' behind invisible walls) and weird or barricade.

In other languages

Language

Title

Meaning

Japanese

バリヤード Barierd

From barrier and weird

French

M. Mime

Pronounced Monsieur Mime. M. is the official abbreviation of Monsieur.